Alford v. Dennis

*404The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an equitable action to cancel an oil and gas lease of certain lands for failure to prospect and develop them.

In 1902, the grantor of the lease owned some 936 acres of land in two separate tracts, one of 220 acres and the other of 716 acres. The two tracts were about two miles apart. These lands were leased in one contract evidenced by one written instrument to the defendants for ten years and “as much longer as gas or oil may be found in paying quantities.” The contract acknowledged receipt of one dollar as consideration, bound the…